Wednesday, March 29, 2023

the mom who changed

I'm older, my mom is old... and I've mostly stopped trying to change her mind about stuff. We're both stubborn, we rarely persuade each other, and she gets pretty upset.

This morning she said something bigoted on the family chat, and I couldn't let it go. So I texted back some links about why she was wrong. She  texted back, cheekily, "Om Namo Namaha Lecture-ji" (vague translation: "I bow to you, respected lecturer").

I just giggled when I read that. I have no illusions that I changed her mind--but it does mean I got to see my mom deescalate a situation for what feels like the first time in my life.


3 comments:

Gillian said...

Good development.

Sarah said...

This is actually a pretty genius text rejoinder-- stealing it.

StephLove said...

My mom and I have areas, well just one, that's off limits for conversation.

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